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Mass Career
Customization
Aligning the workplace
with today’s workforce
21st-century knowledge workers.
20th-century workplace. (Oops.)
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Business as usual? Not an option.
Changing family
structures
Increasing number
of women WORKFORCE IN
2008
Changing expectations AND BEYOND
of men
Evolving expectations
of Gen X and Gen Y
Increasing impact
of technology
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Only 17 percent of U.S. By 2012, there will be a
households now have a 6 million person gap
husband in the workforce between the supply and
and a wife who is not. demand of knowledge
With 83 percent of workers in the U.S.
households now considered (Ouch!)
“nontraditional,” the
nontraditional is, well, This gap will grow to 35
the new traditional. million by 2025.
Source: Catalyst 1998; Department of Labor, 2005 Source: Employment Policy Foundation
From corporate ladder to corporate lattice™.
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The end of “Any color as long as it’s black.”
Mass career customization is a patent pending process owned by Deloitte Development LLC.
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The mass career customization framework:
Truth and consequence.
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The occupation oscillation.
Mass career customization is centered on the powerful While a structured yet individualized approach to how
insight that the career journey in the knowledge driven careers are built is a sweeping change, many workers are
economy looks increasingly like a sine wave of sorts, already customizing their own career paths through a
with climbing and falling phases of engagement variety of one-off manifestations.
over time.
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What’s your sine?
A simple review of your own career path plotted below or The major business and career decisions your sine
online at www.masscareercustomization.com/interactive.html reflects can now be planned proactively. As a result, the
will reveal your personal sine wave and how you, too, conversations, the talent processes, and ultimately, the
may be tailoring your career path. work experiences that surround these decisions prove
more satisfying and productive for both the individual
and the business.
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The lasting impact MCC delivers real win/wins.
MCC benefits individuals and organizations
of MCC. through greater satisfaction, decreased cost
of employee churn, and increased loyalty.
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About the authors.
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